David MacIntyre (composer)
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| Birth name | David Keith MacIntyre |
| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, professor |
David MacIntyre (born 1952) is a Canadian composer of opera,[1] music theatre, choral, orchestral and chamber music, and site-specific works in dance and theatre. Based in Vancouver. He is a professor of Music Composition at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Early life and education
MacIntyre was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; as a child, he studied brass instruments, theatre arts, voice and piano. In 1969, he attended the Banff School for Fine Arts. He attended the University of Saskatchewan (1970–72), where he studied composition with Murray Adaskin, and University of Victoria (73-75 B.Mus and 77-79 M.Mus), where he studied with Rudolf Komorous.
Career
In 1979, MacIntyre was invited to join the faculty at Simon Fraser University where he co-founded the Contemporary music program and where he continues to teach courses in music composition and collaboration in the School for the Contemporary Arts. In 1990, he met dancer Catherine Josephine Lubinsky and they married in 1992.[2]
Musical compositions
Sisyphus (1983), his collaboration with choreographer Karen Jamieson, was celebrated as one of Ten Choreographic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century by Danse Canada Dance magazine. His opera The Architect (1994), in collaboration with playwright Tom Cone, was the first opera to be commissioned by the Vancouver Opera.[3]
In 2009 MacIntyre was commissioned to write a song, Hammer, for the 150th anniversary of British Columbia.[4] His opera cabaret Love in Public (2012), a staged, four-singer setting of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry collection Sonnets from the Portuguese,[5] was nominated for Outstanding Original Composition by Jesse Richardson Theatre Awards in 2012.
His musical drama Tom Pinkerton, The Ballad of Butterfly's Son (2008), created in collaboration with playwright Hiro Kanagawa, was shortlisted for Best Musical of 2012 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada.[6] MacIntyre's music has been performed in over thirty countries including Canada, Czech Republic, England, Finland, Holland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and USA.[7]
Style
MacIntyre is predominantly known as a composer for the theatre; he has written operas, music theatre works, instrumental theatre works, art songs, and choral works. His music emphasizes rhythm, lyricism and smooth orchestration. An example is his Ave Maria (1994), which is one of his most widely known and performed compositions.
Selected works
- "Sisyphus" (1983)
- "The Architect" (1994, with Tom Cone)[8]
- "Ave Maria" (1994)
- "Love in Public" (2004)
- "Alleluia" (2011)
References
- ^ Studies in Dance History. Vol. 5, Issue 2. Society of Dance History Scholars; 1994. p. 95.
- ^ "David K. MacIntyre: Biography | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". Musiccentre.ca. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ Alexander Hopkins McDannald. The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events. Americana corporation; 1995. ISBN 978-0-7172-0226-3. p. 168.
- ^ "Surveying the history of B.C. in five songs". FIONA MORROW, VANCOUVER, The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2009
- ^ "Love in Public mostly succeeds in setting Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s love sonnets to music". Georgia Straight, by Janet Smith on April 20, 2012
- ^ "What Happened to Cio-Cio-San's Son after 'Madama Butterfly'?". NBC News, Feb. 1, 2016, By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
- ^ "Director's interests are broad as the world and deep as the soul". By R.M. CAMPBELL, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, March 3, 2005
- ^ Trade & Culture. Vol. 2. Trade & Culture, Incorporated; 1994. p. 83.
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